Detectives have learned that city workers were moving a dirt pile when a suspiciously wrapped object appeared. They summoned Manhattan Beach Police Department officers, who determined the object to be a human body.

Police called sheriff's homicide investigators, who apparently help out with murder cases. Those detectives weren't saying much more about the case, noting that the age and gender of the victim would be determined by the county coroner's office.

Just by the looks of the scene, it appears the body was dumped there. But we won't know the details just yet.